Trump on Charlie Kirk shooter: 'I think we have him'
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.3K Ratings
🗓️ 12 September 2025
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Donald Trump believes that authorities have caught Charlie Kirk's shooter. Also: the former president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro is sentenced to 27 years in jail; Israel steps up its military offensive in Gaza; 300 South Korean workers, detained by the US, arrive home; female representation in the upcoming Malawi elections; the growing flood emergency in Pakistan's Punjab province; Russia and Belarus begin a major joint military exercise; the world's first AI government minister in Albania and searching for a meteorite in the Scottish Highlands.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Global News podcast from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:05.1 | I'm Valerie Sanderson and at 1,300 hours GMT on the 12th of September, these are our main stories. |
| 0:12.5 | President Trump says the authorities believe, with a high degree of certainty, they've caught the |
| 0:17.4 | suspect in the shooting of the conservative activist Charlie Kirk. |
| 0:22.0 | Washington threatens further action against Brazil after the former president, |
| 0:25.8 | Jayao Bolsonaro is convicted of plotting a coup. |
| 0:29.4 | Israel intensifies its military offensive in Gaza City, |
| 0:33.1 | issuing a new mass evacuation order for the territory's biggest urban area. |
| 0:39.8 | Also in this podcast, ahead of Malawi's election next week, |
| 0:43.2 | the push to get more women involved in politics. |
| 0:46.5 | Trust me in 2030, our generation, my people right now, |
| 0:50.5 | our generation is going to ensure that this never happens again. |
| 0:53.3 | We're working towards |
| 0:54.4 | breaking down those barriers. We start in the US where, as we record this podcast, President |
| 1:06.1 | Trump says he believes the suspect in the shooting of the conservative youth leader Charlie Kirk is in custody. |
| 1:12.5 | This is what the president said when interviewed on Fox News channels, Fox and Friends. |
| 1:17.9 | Can I always say, I think, just to protect us all, and so Fox doesn't get sued and we all don't get sued and everything else? |
| 1:25.8 | But I think with a high degree of certainty, |
| 1:29.7 | we have him. In custody, right? In custody, everyone did a great job. We worked with the local police, |
| 1:38.0 | the governor. Everybody did a great job. Mr. Trump added, somebody very close to him turned him in. |
| 1:44.8 | He said there'd be an announcement later. |
| 1:47.2 | There's been a massive manhunt after Charlie Cook was fatally shot in Utah on Wednesday |
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